Observed at Kakamega
Forest Reserve, Kenya, October 2010. The specimen below was observed at Turbo, Kenya in Dec. 2015.

Skipper butterflies as a group are mostly quite easy to recognize. Like most
butterflies they are active primarily by day (diurnal) and have distinct clubs at
the tips of the antennae. Looking at the antennae clubs more closely, there is
a short, partly hooked appendage. Skippers have this hook, but no other
butterfly families do.

Identification to a specific species is difficult, however, because there are
many, many species. There are some very similar species that require
microscopic examination of the genitalia to be sure of specific identification.
These images show an immature larval stage belonging to another, related species of skipper. With
its sharp mandibles; the larva has cut a flap of leaf and then folded over and secured it with some strands of silk.
When not feeding the worm-like insect remains
hidden under the leaf-tent. Lifting the flap exposes the hiding butterfly caterpillar.